1 Chronicles 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 1 

1 Chronicles 20:4

Battles with the Philistines

20:4 Later there was a battle 2  with the Philistines in Gezer. 3  At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, 4  one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines 5  were subdued.

1 Chronicles 28:6

28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

1 Chronicles 29:1

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29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, 6  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

1 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.

2 tn Heb “battle stood.”

3 tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:18 identifies this site as “Gob.”

4 tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:18 has the variant spelling “Saph.”

5 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

6 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”